Robert Barclay

Robert Barclay (23 December 1648-3 October 1690) was Governor of East Jersey from September 1682 to 3 October 1690, succeeding Philip Carteret and preceding Edmund Andros.

Biography
Robert Barclay was born in Gordonstoun, Moray, Scotland in 1648, and he joined the Quakers after returning from his studies in France. He maintained that all people could be illuminated by the Inward Light of Christ, and he had much influence with the Duke of York (the future King James II of England). In 1682, he became Governor of East Jersey, but he was an absentee governor, never setting foot in New Jersey. Scottish Quakers gained prominence in the state government during Barclay's absentee governorship, and Barclay died at his estate of Ury in 1690.